Instagram now allows you to download your full account data comprising of the comments you make, pictures and videos you uploaded, Your profile and alot more Information hosted on your Instagram account. Apparently, the ability to download Instagram Information was effected after a shift in the United Kingdom’s presence in the European Union (EU) that […]

Instagram now allows you to download your full account data comprising of the comments you make, pictures and videos you uploaded, Your profile and alot more Information hosted on your Instagram account.

Apparently, the ability to download Instagram Information was effected after a shift in the United Kingdom’s presence in the European Union (EU) that has forced various providers including Facebook to move their data centers from Britain to the US.

Having voted to leave the European Union in 2016 by a margin of 52% by British Citizens against a No count of only 48%. Britain chose to exit the EU causing a francus in company partnerships and coalitions. Thus, users have since then wanted to exit Instagram attracting a token of thanks blended in the ability to download their data.

Although your intention may not be deleting your Instagram Account. You may need a copy of your data hosted on the Platform for security or personal reasons.

Well, to download your Instagram data, all you need is direct access to your Instagram account, access to its associated Email, and current password to receive a compressed .Zip file with your data.

Done: The Instagram team will compile your data and send it in less than 48hours

Once you submit a request to download your Instagram data, it will be sent to your associated Email Address once compiled by the Instagram team under 48hours. However, you can only submit a request once every 48 hours to download your data.

The Instagram Data Request Success Message

Either way, Once you receive your Instagram data, you can then choose to clear your account photos and start afresh or simply erase your presence on Instagram.

Nonetheless, with the ability to download your info, the same way you can on Facebook, it means, you can have full control over the data you share online.

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TikTok is a disruptive video sharing Social media App that has taken the world by storm with a more bullish streak picked from the current COVID 19 Pandemic. With TikTok, having fun with Social Media is a daily tale than on any other platform. Well, some of the amazing TikTok features that are scarce to […]

TikTok is a disruptive video sharing Social media App that has taken the world by storm with a more bullish streak picked from the current COVID 19 Pandemic. With TikTok, having fun with Social Media is a daily tale than on any other platform.

Well, some of the amazing TikTok features that are scarce to access, but easily witnessed on the platform include Going live in a fashion similar to Facebook Live, and Instagram Live.

However, for TikTok, Going Live requires you to meet specific requirements to activate the feature of sharing real-time longer videos with your followers. Once your account meets the set requirement, the live feature then becomes active for your Account.

TikTok Requirement

You must have 1000 Followers or more

Getting Started with TikTok Live

If your account meets the Live streaming requirements, your account will then be eligible to host a live session. To go live on TikTok, simply tap the + button at the bottom of the App, and select Live from the displayed recording options.

Once Selected, Give your Live session a title, then tap ‘Go Live’. Once Live, you can end the session any time during the Live sessions since Tiktok doesn’t have any time limits at the moment.

However Live sessions are not saved once your stream ends. Henceforth, unlike Facebook live sessions which can be saved once a stream ends, and Instagram Live which can be replayed even after the stream, TikTok sessions can’t be saved nor replayed.

Facebook is the most popular social media platform in the world at the moment. Since it’s initial Live date in 2004, Facebook has worked on new ways on how it can enhance user behavior and loyalty to the platform. With a pile of changes, Facebook users can now switch to dark mode from the default […]

Facebook is the most popular social media platform in the world at the moment. Since it’s initial Live date in 2004, Facebook has worked on new ways on how it can enhance user behavior and loyalty to the platform.

With a pile of changes, Facebook users can now switch to dark mode from the default Light mode that has been a standard for the platform.

The same way co-owned platforms like WhatsApp and Instagram accept dark mode without any error logs created. It’s the same way you can turn on dark mode for Facebook on both your Smartphone and Desktop.

Initially, the New Facebook with a dark mode feature was available to only a few users. But now, Facebook has confirmed in a blog post that this new version has started rolling out to everyone.

To check if you’re account has switched to the new version simply visit Facebook.com. To switch back to the old classic Facebook Layout, simply tap the right top bottom faced arrow to access a drop-down menu, and click switch to classic Facebook.

If you wish to activate Facebook dark mode with the New Facebook, here is how:

Smartphones have evolved from being regular communication devices to must have gadgets of this generation. Interestingly, the more manufacturers battle for market dominance, it’s the more Smartphone prices bevel low and the need to upgrade becomes a perfect choice to consider. Well, as you think of upgrading to Smartphones like the much prophesized iPhone 9 […]

Smartphones have evolved from being regular communication devices to must have gadgets of this generation. Interestingly, the more manufacturers battle for market dominance, it’s the more Smartphone prices bevel low and the need to upgrade becomes a perfect choice to consider.

Well, as you think of upgrading to Smartphones like the much prophesized iPhone 9 with an SE codename or ride with a mid-range release. Making good use of your old Smartphone becomes a charm if you turn it into a full-time security camera.

To turn your Smartphone into an amazing security camera for either your home or office, you only need a pinch of requirements to create your new DIY full surveillance camera.

Requirements

A Smartphone with functioning rear and front cameras

Security Camera App

Your Smartphone charger

A Memory or TF card for more local storage

Constant/static Power source

An Active Internet Connection (For remote display)

Getting started: Setting up a security camera App

Once you download a Security App like Alfred, Go through its setup process and signup for an account to easily track your new security camera remotely. You can then choose a location where you wish to set up your new smartphone powered Security Camera.

For 24/7 Surveillance, ensure to locate your Smartphone near a wall socket or power source where it can stay connected to power in order to avoid any interruptions.

Once you ensure a perfect location and power source, Open the security App and leave it open without any other running Apps, but with a stable Internet connection for remote accessibility. For Storage, Insert a good TF card to store all camera recordings locally.

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Netflix is by far the most popular movie streaming service on the Internet to-date. The service has registered bullish spikes in its overall usage during the current COVID19 Pandemic and statistics show sign of continuous growth. Well, among the Netflix functions you should be using is Watch Parties, the same way they work on Facebook. […]

Netflix is by far the most popular movie streaming service on the Internet to-date. The service has registered bullish spikes in its overall usage during the current COVID19 Pandemic and statistics show sign of continuous growth.

Well, among the Netflix functions you should be using is Watch Parties, the same way they work on Facebook. With Facebook watch party, a user can host a Video to be watched by several other members in a group. Now, Netflix also allows users to watch a movie in groups.

Through the Netflix Party extension, a single user can host a group of other Netflix users to catch a specific movie and live Chat during its stream. In fact, the ability to chat while playing a movie is cooler and can be compared to heading to a movie Cinema with a group of friends.

Using Netflix Party

Once your Install the Netflix Party App from the Google Chrome Apps & Extensions store. Open your Netflix Account via Netflix.com, choose a movie to play. Once you select a movie title, the Installed Netflix Party App will turn active with a redNP meaning its time to host a party.

Creating a Netflix Party session

Click the Party Icon NP and choose start the Party, your watch party URL will be displayed for easy share with the ability to turn on live chats. You can then share the link to Invite your friends to the party who can then join to watch together in a single click.

Zoom is currently the most popular video conferencing service. Thanks to the COVID19 pandemic that has seen massive downloads of the App’s Computer and Smartphone App. The company noted that it has risen from serving 10 million users to now 300 million users in a period of just months. The new Zoom mark was revealed […]

Zoom is currently the most popular video conferencing service. Thanks to the COVID19 pandemic that has seen massive downloads of the App’s Computer and Smartphone App. The company noted that it has risen from serving 10 million users to now 300 million users in a period of just months.

The new Zoom mark was revealed by its CEO Eric S. Yuan during a Webinar who further promised Zoom 5.0__An upgrade of the Zoom service. According to Eric, Zoom will upgrade its current encryption mechanism to AES 256 bit GCM.

Initially, Zoom didn’t support end to end encryption attracting Man in the middle and sniffing attacks, a factor that raised security concerns from experts and users alike. With AES 256 bit, end to end encryption will now be a default for all Zoom calls.

The encryption upgrade is further to ensure more security for users during video calls. With a new security layer, a host will have easy access to most used security features on top of the ability to enable call waiting.

With 300 Million users currently flocking Zoom for its multiple video conferencing giving strong competition to platforms like Skype. The platform is popular for Meetings, Webinars, Conference rooms, voice (phone system), and instant chats.

Now, Zoom 5.0 with more security features is expected to be out by the end of April, though a majority of the features are already being activated on the current version and all you’d need is to update your App for better security and more extensive features.

Airtel TV is a Tv and on-demand entertainment video streaming App for Airtel Smartphone users . On the other hand, YOTV Channels is a TV and on-demand entertainment video streaming app for Smartphone users. Both apps are available on the Google and Apple store. However, the major difference between the two apps is the ability […]

Airtel TV is a Tv and on-demand entertainment video streaming App for Airtel Smartphone users . On the other hand, YOTV Channels is a TV and on-demand entertainment video streaming app for Smartphone users. Both apps are available on the Google and Apple store.

However, the major difference between the two apps is the ability to stream with data and no-data (Zero data) where Airtel TV uses the former as YOTV cruises with the latter model.

Since both Apps have almost the same local channels and differing in on-demand content, choosing the best to install on your Smartphone requires a feature by feature balance and expenses factored into play.

Subscription

Airtel TV is a zero subscription TV streaming service, but a data-required App. This means, you don’t need to subscribe to any packages to use the app, but you need data to stream content on the App.

The App is 100% free and limited to Airtel users only, meaning you can’t stream content if connected to a VPN or another network.

The Airtel TV Data prompt that rises when you try using the App with a different data carrier

This means you need to pay for a subscription package to use the App, but don’t need data to stream/watch content on the App.

With YOTV, subscription packages are only available to MTN customers, though you can pay and use the service even when using a different network like Africell, Smile or Lyca Mobile.

Layout

Both Airtel TV and YOTV channels have responsive layouts that attract user attention when streaming content. However, the two differ in content layout, Airtel TV has a drawer layout, and with featured, Shows, Movies and Live TV as the active tabs a user can choose from.

The Airtel TV App

Likely, YOTV has a landing layout with multiple tabs housing a Home,TV,VOD (Video on-demand),Recordings and Account menus a user can choose from. Identically, both Airtel TV and YOTV have a search form a user can use to locate videos by keyterm.

Data Consumption

While Airtel TV uses mobile data to run and stream all content on the App. YOTV is Zero-rated and doesn’t require any data to run and stream content. This means Airtel TV consumes the same amount of data you’d use to stream YouTube videos as YOTV will run without any data needed.

Number of Available channels

Both Airtel TV and YOTV allow you to stream all free to air local TV channels within the App. But the two differ on the Video-on-demand side with different video categories available to watch within any of the Apps.

YOTV features MunoWatch__a Ugandan translated movies channel that allows you to watch movies by top VJs in Uganda like VJ.Junior, VJ.Jingo among others on top of other channels featuring Nollywood, Hollywood and Soap movies under VOD.

The YoTV App layout that allows you to watch live TV, recorded programs and shows you might have missed

Airtel TV, on the other hand, doesn’t house translated movies, but has Nollywood, Hollywood, and soap movies just like YOTV. In simple terms, Airtel TV is more like Startimes App dressed in the telco’s colors.

On a lucky patch, YOTV features Live Radio under its Live category. This means you can listen to FM Radio Stations using the App in case you’re not streaming videos. On the contrary, Airtel TV doesn’t have radio support, but full video support.

Extra Functionality

Pause, Rewind, Record, is the YOTV Channels slogan representing the App’s ability to pause Live TV, rewind Live TV in case of a missed scene and record to save on your Smartphone’s memory. This means you can watch 7 pm news at 10 PM incase you missed watching them.

Airtel TV on the other hand strictly allows you to watch and stream Video content, we realized no extra functionalities on top of the regular streaming procedure. This means, you watch content the same way you would on a TV by following your program guide.

The Best App to Choose: YOTV Channels

The YoTV App

With the ability to pause live TV, watch already streamed Live TV programs, Record for better storage, on top of paying only a monthly subscription and stream with no-data (ZERO data).

YOTV is the best choice to stream LiveTV, Live Radio, and On-demand Content since you don’t need data to run the App on top of extensive features and ability to stream with any network connection.

On the other hand, Airtel TV misses catchy features and requires data to run in a country where data is considered expensive on top of being a necessity. More so, since the App only runs with Airtel data, it means you can’t utilise offers like Don’t be cheated. So, YOTV beats Airtel TV.

In this trying COVID 19 pandemic period, Instagram is rolling out a ‘remembering tag’ for users who lost their lives and with accounts currently in memorialization mode. “We’re making changes to help people identify if an Instagram account belongs to someone who has passed away. We’ll have more to share on this at a later […]

In this trying COVID 19 pandemic period, Instagram is rolling out a ‘remembering tag’ for users who lost their lives and with accounts currently in memorialization mode.

“We’re making changes to help people identify if an Instagram account belongs to someone who has passed away. We’ll have more to share on this at a later time.”,confirmed a Instagram Communications personnel on Twitter

The Memoralzation feature has been around for some time and it was first rolled out to Facebook where a user profile with multiple RIP tags is flagged with a ‘Remembering the life of” tag. With Instagram, you are able to see a Remembering flag just above the deceased user’s account name.

In addition to the tag, Instagram will place a default landing page showing that the account you’re browsing is in memorization mode with a notice reading “This account has been memorialized. Memorialized accounts are a place to remember and celebrate someone’s life after they’ve passed away”.

Any memoralized account on Instagram will have no login access, but the user’s photos, videos, and comments will remain intact even when they can’t be listed under Instagram’s explore feed tab.

To memorialize an Instagram account and mark the user as deceased, Instagram’s algorithm can automatically sniff account tags with RIP and in-memory of comments or another user can file an account by filling in a form via https://help.instagram.com/contact/1474899482730688 with proof of death, demise date, and attachments from relevant news sources.

WhatsApp is slowly becoming an essential Smartphone App for Android and IOS users alike. This is due to the fact that it has twisted from just a regular Instant Messaging (IM) app to an essential chat, audio and video solution for Smartphone holders. But the more WhatsApp ships new features to its platform with the […]

WhatsApp is slowly becoming an essential Smartphone App for Android and IOS users alike. This is due to the fact that it has twisted from just a regular Instant Messaging (IM) app to an essential chat, audio and video solution for Smartphone holders.

But the more WhatsApp ships new features to its platform with the latest being full dark mode support for both Android and IOS. It’s the more, accessing these features becomes a slightly complicated tale.

However, among the WhatsApp features you should be using include styling your texts in an appealing way you would achieve while using a word processing program like Microsoft Word or Libre Writer.

WhatsApp currently supports 4 styles: Bold, Italic, Strikethrough, Monospace, and here is how you can use them to style your next WhatsApp message.

Bold

*text*

To bold your message, place an asterisk on both sides of the text:

Italic

_text_

To italicize your message, place an underscore on both sides of the text:

How to style your WhatsApp Messages, Either with symbols or visually by selecting the text

Strikethrough

~text~

To strikethrough your message, place a tilde on both sides of the text:

Monospace

“`text“`

To monospace your message, place three backticks on both sides of the text:

The easier way to style your WhatsApp messages

On Android

Select the text you would like to style, on the list of pop up options (cut, copy, paste, select all), tap more (three dots option) to get a list available style options (Bold, Italic, strikethrough and monospace)

On IOS (iPhone)

Select the text you wish to style, then choose from the list of pop up options Select or Select All > B_I_U. Then, choose Bold, Italic, Strikethrough, or Monospace to apply the style to your WhatsApp chat text.

Facebook has started rolling out quiet mode to help users control app notifications and the time they spend on the platform. Quiet mode allows you to limit the amount of time you spend on Facebook and when you want to see notifications Quiet mode lets you mute push notifications and limit notification dots for the […]

Facebook has started rolling out quiet mode to help users control app notifications and the time they spend on the platform. Quiet mode allows you to limit the amount of time you spend on Facebook and when you want to see notifications

Quiet mode lets you mute push notifications and limit notification dots for the Facebook App. This helps your Smartphone applications without getting Facebook notifications to improve the regulate your time on the platform.

However, the best quite mode functionality is the ability to block you out from using Facebook. On a high, the feature will allow you to temporarily block it for a maximum of 15 minutes before locking you out, in simple terms, allow you to sneak for updates.

Once you set a time limit you in-which you wish to use Facebook, notifications will be blocked, but if you try to access the Facebook app, a countdown timer will popup with an option to either end Quiet mode or temporarily disable it for 15minutes

How to enable Facebook Quite Mode

Open the Facebook App

Go to Settings(top right corner menu listing)

Locate the “ Your Time on Facebook” option

Enable it, and customize it to your liking

Done

The feature was first introduced in 2018 to help users manage the time they spend scrolling through the news feed. At the moment, the extended quite mode feature is in its early roll-out stages and will soon be available for Beta testers.